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Crash spoils TWA safety record
THE TWA 747-100 accident on 17 July marks the first fatal crash for the airline in a decade. The last incident occurred in April 1986, when a terrorist bomb exploded on board a Boeing 727 inbound to Athens, killing four passengers, although the aircraft landed safely. Excluding terrorist ...
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Chinese Boeing deal signals relaxation in Sino-US relations
IN A SIGN OF gradual thawing of relations between Washington and Beijing, Air China has ordered three Boeing 747-400s, while McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has agreed to deliver its first MD-90 TrunkLiner to China Northern. The three new Boeing 747-400s are scheduled for delivery in May and August 1997 ...
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AAR grows inventory
US aviation-services group AAR has acquired more than 22,000 items of excess inventory from Hamilton Standard, worth around $200 million at catalogue prices. The parts will remain at the manufacturer's warehouse, but will be marketed by AAR's growing international spares-network. In its latest financial year to the end of May, ...
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USA and Japan near F-2A accord
US AND JAPANESE Government negotiators are close to reaching a breakthrough, over work-share for the Mitsubishi F-2A/B support fighter, allowing production of the new aircraft to begin. An agreement, was expected to be struck in Washington on 25 July, ending months of arduous negotiations, which had been in ...
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GECAS places first order with Airbus
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GENERAL Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first business with Airbus Industrie, with an order for 45 aircraft and another 45 options. GECAS has signed 40 firm orders for the A319/A320/A321 family, with another five for the long-range A340-300, which, at current ...
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Brymon's Puffin in a Dash
BRYMON'S NEWLY CREATED off shore charter division, is operating two Bombardier de Havilland Dash 7s from its Aberdeen base. Brymon Offshore Air Charter has been awarded a $16 million (£10 million) five-year contract by BP Exploration to carry oil workers between Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands. The division's logo features ...
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Rolls-Royce RB.211s in Ulyanovsk
THE FIRST SET OF ROLLS-ROYCE RB.211-535s has been delivered to Aviastar in Ulyanovsk for installation on a production Tupolev Tu-204. The aircraft will be used to complete certification of the R-R-powered Tu-204-200 series. The delivery was timed to coincide with the visit of a business group to finalise talks about ...
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USA and Russia target August first flight for Tu-144LL
SENIOR US AND RUSSIAN Government officials are pushing for an August flight date for the Tupolev Tu-144LL, and looking to use the research programme as a model for future US-Russian collaboration. A joint statement on the Tu-144LL project was issued following a meeting between Al Gore, the US vice-president, and ...
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Chilean Mirages operated with US F-16s
CHILEAN AIR FORCE DASSAULT MIRAGE 5M ELKANS, recently acquired from Belgium, have been used for the first time in joint operations with US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s deployed to the South American nation. The Mirages were operated alongside locally upgraded Northrop F-5E Tiger IIIs and controlled by the Chilean ...
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Prospects fade away for dual-seat F-22
DEVELOPMENT of a two-seat variant of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 is to be dropped to save money. The US Air Force is to cancel two tandem-seaters planned for the development programme, leaving nine single-seat aircraft, although Lockheed Martin says that it has yet to receive a stop-work order. ...
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Pilatus appointment
Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho has been appointed to sell the Pilatus PC-12 single-turboprop, seven-passenger, utility aircraft in the western USA and Hawaii. Pilatus now has six US dealers. Source: Flight International
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THAAD missile test is yet another dud
THE LOCKHEED Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile failed on 15 July to destroy a simulated ballistic missile, the third misfire in three intercept attempts. The US Army says that, "-an intercept was not achieved" during the test, at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, ...
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Taiwan and Lockheed Martin sign C-130-co-operation deal
TAIWAN HAS SIGNED an industrial co-operation agreement with Lockheed Martin, worth close to $90 million, as part of its planned purchase of four new C-130H-30 transport aircraft. Lockheed Martin has proposed a range of projects to Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau. Areas of co-operation under discussion include assistance with ...
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Training in Brunei
Thomson Training and Simulation is to build a full-flight simulator for Royal Brunei Airlines. The simulator will be configured for the Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 767-300ER, but will be interchangeable with the Rolls-Royce RB.211-535-powered Boeing 757-200. Source: Flight International
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New Zealand offers
Kaman and Westland have submitted their best and final offers to meet New Zealand's requirement for anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, with a decision expected in March or April. Kaman is offering the SH-2G Seasprite, while Westland is offering the Super Lynx. Source: Flight International
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Smiths
William Turner has been promoted to vice-president for North American military marketing at technology company Smiths Industries Aerospace. A former US Army aviation colonel, Turner was most recently regional manager at Smiths' St Louis, Missouri, field office. Thomas Whipple becomes vice-president of finance for US defence business, based in Grand ...
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Eurocontrol
Henri Blunier has become director of the Brussels, Belgium-based Eurocontrol Institute of Air Navigation Services. He was put in charge of training Berne-based operational staff in 1991. Source: Flight International
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MDC
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has opened a commercial-aircraft marketing office in Sydney, Australia. It is to be headed by Thomas Epperson, who is appointed vice-president of commercial marketing for South Pacific operations. He has been with the US manufacturer for 30 years, in marketing, government contracts, finance, and as programme manager ...